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Jerzy Brzecek’s charges showed toothless play, and in the second half they were still in the minority, losing on the scoreboard (2: 0).
November 15, 2020, 11:44 PM
The Dutch team intercepted the temporary lead in Group 1 of Division A of the UEFA Nations League at the end of the matches of the first Sunday match, thus depriving the representatives of Italy and Poland of the possibility of a draw in the head-to-head match. hand in the Mapei stadium in Reggio Emilia. We are slowly approaching the decisive matches in the battle for the playoffs, so any mistake by one of the teams could turn into a campaign-wide meltdown in this tournament.
One thing could please “Squadra Azzurra” and “White Eagles”: relegation priority in the class after the results of the current Nations League in this quartet. Bosnia and Herzegovina stalled, less than an hour before the start of the reporting game, losing to the Netherlands (1: 3).
The Poles were one point ahead of the Italians as a result of the uncertain performances of Roberto Mancini’s team in previous matches (3 draws), but the schedule clearly did not suit them: victory in Mapei was necessary for Jerzy’s sentries Brzecek as air, due to the need to close the group stage with a home game against Colectivo Frank de Boer.
In the first half of the informative match, only the Italian team managed to show their strength in attack. Poland were deprived of the opening whistle and went into halftime with almost 60% of their rivals’ possession time. At the same time, the guests failed to get even close to the distance of a long-range attack on other people’s possessions. The hosts put work on the rival goalkeeper and twice Wojciech Szczesny was forced to capitulate.
In the 20th minute, there was a funny episode when the phantom VAR system in the form of a hint from the assistants helped referee Clement Turpin make the right decision on an offside position at Belotti, which clearly prevented the goalkeeper from rejecting a Insigne’s one-touch shot from the center zone on a strange goalie. However, the pressure from “Squadra Azzurra” was so great that the goal was only a matter of time.
Krykhovyak’s stupid foul in the fight for a serve from the left wing against Belotti helped Mancini’s side to score a penalty, which Jorginho made with a characteristic jump, bursting into the lower left corner. Italy could have squeezed the rivals for one more goal, but Belotti ruined a wonderful push down the left flank of others’ possessions with an Insigne free kick. The Brzecek team, as already mentioned, was exclusively dedicated to defense, but did it very mediocre.
In the second half, the Poles decided to throw three substitute players into battle at once, but one of them, Jacek Guralski, managed to stand out for his exclusively unsportsmanlike behavior. At the same time, the game took on too strong a nervous undercurrent as a result of the incessant fighting. And, apparently, the situation with the psychology of the sixth number of the Polish team is very bad, since it began to create frank dirt on the football field.
Referee Clement Turpin seized the moment with a kick from Guralsky to Jorginho’s face that fell to the grass, and also ignored Lewandowski’s signal early in the fight. But there was no point in stopping the Polish midfielder, so he gradually collected two yellow cards for jumping at Bellotti’s feet and retreated to the stands.
The guests had even more free zones in defense than the Italians used, but stubbornly did not want to complete the attacks with precise strikes. And only in the 83rd minute, Domenico Berardi, who came on as a substitute, broke this trend, breaking the bottom towards the near corner, receiving a pass from Insigne on the right side of a penalty from someone else. 0 shots on goal from Brzecek’s team throughout the game. And what did they want to achieve with a game like this?
The final round of the UEFA Nations League group stage for the Italian national team will be marked by an exit to the match against the unmotivated Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Poland will be home to the Netherlands. The games are scheduled for Wednesday, November 18.
Italy – Poland 2: 0
Goals: Georgino, 28 (pen), Berardi, 83
Italy: Donnarumma – Florenzi (Di Lorenzo, 89), Acerbi, Bastoni, Emerson – Barella, Giorgino, Locatelli – Bernardeschi (Berardi, 62), Belotti (Okaka, 79), Insigne (El Shaarawy, 89).
Poland: Szczesny – Bereshinski, Glik, Bednarek, Reza – Krykhovyak, Moder (Guralsky, 46) – Shimanski (Zielinski, 46), Linetti (Milik, 74), Yuzhvyak (Grosicki, 46) – Lewandowski.
Warnings: Belotti – Krykhovyak, Guralsky.
Jacek Guralski (Poland) is sent off after 77 minutes (second booking).
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